I want to see the gap
I went to the tearoom to play go the other day and one very talented and promising 7kyu (he’s been playing for half a year I think, that’s a very good result) asked me to play an even game with him… I offered him a handicap, and he declined, saying that he wanted to “see the gap”. It made me a bit angry… of course there’s a huge gap, duh. So I played a bit unorthodoxly to crush him as much as possible and I was winning by more than 150 when he resigned.
I also always wanted to play an even game with a strong professional playing at his full strength, to see the gap. A few times I was even quite close to asking for it but luckily I never did so. And I think I’m never going to make fool of myself in this way, now that I can imagine what it feels like. Also, I am not sure if I really want to see the gap…
3 thoughts on “I want to see the gap”
lobo 2006-10-23
you’re so mean :angry: but i guess you could say that he got what he asked for and you showed him the gap :chinese:
tasuki 2006-10-24
Well, the point was to show that I was in fact very close to experiencing the situation from the other side as well… :whistling:
lobo 2006-10-25
yeah, so he actually did you a favor. you should thank him :D
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